The simplest way to get PPP running is with the wvdial program. It
makes some reasonable guesses and tries to set things up for you. If
it works, you’re in luck. If it guesses wrong, you’ll have to do
things manually.
Be sure you have the following packages installed:
◼ ppp
◼ ppp-pam
◼ wvdial
When you install the wvdial package, you may be given the
opportunity to configure it. Otherwise, to set up wvdial, follow
these simple steps:
Log in as root, using su (as described in an earlier chapter).
touch /etc/wvdial.conf
touch will create the following file if the file doesn’t exist; the
configuration program requires an existing file.
wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
This means you’re creating a configuration file, /etc/wvdial.conf.
Answer any questions that appear on the screen. wvdialconf will also
scan for your modem and tell you which serial port it’s on; you may
want to make a note of this for future reference.